Beginner guide to the first 15 villagers [AoE2]

Starting off on the right foot is everything. In this video I'll break down the standard way to start a game of Age of Empires 2, and why it works so well. Nearly all build orders start this way, so it applies to nearly all strategies.

Game: Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition, with Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, Rise the Rajas, and Last Khans expansions

[andybrinegar]

I'm watching beginner tutorials for a game I played religiously in the early 2000's. What a time to be alive.

[AnthonyPadilla]

thank you for this! picking up this game for the first time in about 15 years and have forgotten everything i used to know. it's not exactly like riding a bike.

[colesy]

watching this video has made me fully accept that i'll never be even remotely competitive and that i'm totally ok being a filthy casual playing vs bots

[grayrock]

Me, after 5 minutes into the game: Ok, seems it's the time to build the third house and a mill.
AI and its 30 militia entering my camp: the age of men is over, now it's our time to rule these lands.

[BubblewrapHighway]

Remember to keep straggler trees around because they make your base pretty.

[zakunick]

At 15 villagers is where my game starts to fall off.

[_antares]

Next Video: Beginner guide to the first 100 villagers in Black Forest

[MidwestBoom]

"If you're new to the game some idle time is going to happen" yeah sure new to the game....

[radix]

So just to clarify:
Build 2 houses right away and queue villagers
First 6 on Sheep
Next 4 on Wood
11th goes Boar Hunting and joins on the boars
12th builds House and then Mill
13-15 help berries
Boar villagers build farms after running out of meat.
Adjust from there based on situation.

Does that cover it?

[OnePlancheMan]

"We don't want to stop making them until we have more than 100."
Me with my 30 villagers thinking I'm overpopulated lmao

[mfpuma_]

I'm having the time of my life learning how to play this game right, i even convinced my friends to watch your videos (and ZeroEmpires videos too) and now we've established AoE2 fridays as a thing. Thank you so much for what you're doing to this community.

[thnydn]

SpiritOfTheLaw,
Thanks very much for this video, as an amateur-ish player, this explained a lot of things that I wondered about before when watching streams from pro gamers or your videos. It would be amazing if you could do similar videos on:

1) the main objectives of each Age (like what I should aim to accomplish before advancing)
2) Walling / Walling with buildings.. I see that a lot; using buildings for walls, but I always kinda wondered why that’s done
3) best army compositions
4) other common pro player strategies. Like I keep hearing “scout rush”, “tower rush” etc, but explaining them would be great!

Thanks a lot! (Pls upvote so he can see)

[darkotaku]

spirit of the law: with standard settings we dont want to stop making them until we have more than a hundred.
aoe2 campaign: 75. take it or leave it.

[krisholznagel]

I've been playing this game since 2006 and I'm still watching these beginner guides

[vladimations]

Before watching your tutorials I could barely ever beat the AI on Moderate. So I combined what I've learned on your channel with a bit of online playing. Yes I lost every time but I learned and improved A LOT after each game. I now completely decimate the AI on Moderate and I'm going on to play against a more aggressive AI. Still a lot to learn but always look on the map at what the pro players have been building after you loose a game and apply that to your next game. You will be surprised

[joeyburgess]

3 years after seeing this video, i still send this to my new friends who i get into this game. You are the Rosetta stone of AOE2 and my appreciation knows no bounds for you.

[TonyRedgrave]

"This is not ideal."
That looks like my base at the start of every game. Ouch.

[karney]

It's worth noting that straggler trees can be built over as soon as they are knocked down, whereas a tree inside the forest has to be completely harvested before you can build on top of it. Just something I've noticed while playing, and it might matter in a tight game somehow

[perryschnabel]

As child I played hours on the same map just trying to build a cool village / castle. Playing the game is way makes it a completely different game :D

[kristofkopasz]

4:58
Eagle be like: "Shit i forgot my wallet"